To turn off automatic spelling checking and automatic grammar checking, follow these steps, as appropriate for your situation.

Word 2010

Click the File tab, and then click Options.

Click Proofing.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Click to clear the Mark grammar as you type check box.

Outlook 2010

Click the File tab, and then click Options.

Click Mail , and then click Editor Options.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Click to clear the Mark grammar as you type check box.

PowerPoint 2010, Publisher 2010, and Visio 2010

Click the File tab, and then click Options.

Click Proofing.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box.

Word 2007

Click the Microsoft Office Button

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, and then click Word Options.

Click Proofing.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

Important The Check spelling as you type and Check grammar as you type settings will affect any open documents in Word 2007. If other people use the documents, you may want to notify the people that you made this change.

Word 2003, Word 2002, and Word 2000

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

Important The Check spelling as you type and Check grammar as you type settings will affect any open documents in Word. If other people use the documents, you may want to notify the people that you made this change.

Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2002

Compose a new message.

On the Tools menu, click Options and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab..

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Click to clear the Check grammar as you type check box.

PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2002, and PowerPoint 2000

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling and style tab.

Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

Publisher 2003

On the Tools menu, point to Spelling, and then click Spelling Options.

Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

FrontPage 2003, FrontPage 2002, and FrontPage 2000

On the Tools menu, click Page Options, and then the General tab.

Click to clear the Hide spelling errors check box.

Click to clear the Check spelling as you type check box.

OneNote 2003

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling category.